Friday Linkage
THIS. In this TED talk, Tyler Cowen explains that the world is much more complicated than the simplistic good-vs.-evil narrative (but not so complicated as to be nothing but a web of conspiracies) that we’re used to reading in our culture’s stories.
Rachel Marsden on Margaret Thatcher vs. fake female empowerment: “Here’s the harsh reality about exceptionally accomplished women: It’s a quiet, lonely, very private and incredibly long struggle. It’s a lifelong commitment. There is no feel-good, publicly extolled “progress” for the individual woman who seeks a life of meaning and contribution outside society’s accepted and tread-worn norms. It’s an endless, highly discreet struggle…”
Will Wilkinson explains why he’s not a Libertarian.
A tribute to Cordelia Chase.
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